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It’s been a difficult week for The Walking Dead camp – both on set and off.

On one side of the lens, season 8 reached its mid-season finale with all the urgency of a mindless walker lumbering toward its next victim. Entitled “How It’s Gotta Be,” let’s just say that the super-sized episode struggled to leave much of an impression on its audience, while some questioned the need to kill off Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs), a mainstay of The Walking Dead since its inception.

Held up as a game-changing moment, Carl’s forthcoming death will have a marked effect on season 8, but it seems that endgame shocker wasn’t enough to save the show’s dwindling ratings.

Deadline brings word today that “How It’s Gotta Be” posted the worst ratings for a mid-season finale of The Walking Dead since 2011, and that’s despite Sunday’s episode drawing in...

Update: Several more photos from the film have been released by EW and can be seen in the gallery down below.

The Phoenix has awoken.

Entertainment Weekly has today unveiled a fiery first peek at Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey as she’ll appear in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the star-studded 2018 blockbuster coming by way of Simon Kinberg (The Twilight Zone).

Held up as the “most emotional, pathos-driven” X-Men movie of Fox’s ongoing prequel saga, Dark Phoenix takes place roughly 10 years after the events of Apocalypse, at a time when our core group of mutants – namely Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and Quicksilver (Evan Peters) – are celebrated as national heroes. But there’s trouble afoot.

Between Charles Xavier’s (James McAvoy) inflated ego – hell, he even lands on the cover of Time magazine – and the X-Jet being at the mercy of a potentially deadly solar flare,...

“….at the end of the day, this thing lives and breathes with [director] George [Miller]. I think Warner Bros. knows that. We are all waiting for him to show us the way,” Charlize Theron said this summer about more movies beyond “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Two years have passed since the phenomenal action movie blazed into cinemas, and while there has been lots of talk and hope about more films to follow, Miller hasn’t been in a rush.

Continue reading ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Sequels Likely Being Held Up By George Miller’s Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. at The Playlist.

You didn’t think AMC was going to sit back and let Stranger Things have all the fun now, did you?

As the Netflix darling continues to imitate cinema’s all-time greats in anticipation of its return on October 27th, AMC (via Bloody Disgusting) has rolled out a collection of new and nostalgic posters for The Walking Dead in honor of episode number 100, “Mercy.”

Reaching said milestone is no mean feat, particularly in the cutthroat business of television, and executive producer and director Greg Nicotero believes The Walking Dead‘s 100th episode – an episode that’s also doubling as season 8’s long-anticipated premiere – is cause for celebration. It’s seemingly chock-full of Easter eggs and nods to the past, but these old-school posters go one step further to pay tribute to cinema’s greatest hits.

Included in the gallery below are homages to The Thing, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future,...

It’s shaping up to be a very, very exciting six weeks for comic book fans.

On the one end of the spectrum, we have Warner’s Justice League – a film so epic and mind-bogglingly complex that it took not one, but two directors to shepherd it across the finish line, after Joss Whedon (Avengers) was drafted in to dot the i’s and cross the t’s in lieu of Zack Snyder. Indeed, the DC blockbuster enjoyed a big showcase this past weekend, when the Powers That Be lifted the curtain on one final, and suitably heroic trailer. You can check out our own thorough breakdown of said sizzle reel right here.

But as if uniting the League wasn’t enough, there’s also the impending release of Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel and Taika Waititi’s spacefaring threequel that largely centers on the galactic escapades of Hulk and Chris Hemsworth...

It was an emotional day for Debra Messing. 

The 49-year-old actress was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, but told Et's Nischelle Turner that despite her decades-long career, this accolade was one she didn't see coming. 

" never [dreamed this could happen]," she shared. "I grew up next to a farm in Rhode Island. My big dream was to be a working actress and ultimately to do Broadway in New York City." 

"I've fulfilled all of my dreams, and today... it's going to take me a long time to process this," she explained. "It's so, so beautiful." 

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Messing, who stunned in Oscar de la Renta, was joined by her Will & Grace co-stars at the event, but it was her longtime friend, Mariska Hargitay, who got teary-eyed while paying tribute to Messing. 

"To me, pretty much 95 percent...

As anticipation builds for the return of Will & Grace, Et chatted with Debra Missing at the Tribeca TV Festival for the latest on shooting the new episodes.

"I think it was after we shot the first episode live in front of the audience, that's when it hit me," the 49-year-old actress said of going back to work on the show. "I mean, we all came out and we realized that it's another show night like exactly like 11 years ago and we all just got very teary-eyed."  

"It was really an incredible moment. That was when I realized, we're really doing this."

After the emotions calmed down, it was easy to get back to work.

"It all felt exactly the same," Messing said.

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Well, with maybe one difference.

"I mean, I think that we're a little bit slower, maybe? 11 years later, I...

Just when you thought Gwyneth Paltrow had bowed out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for pastures anew, the actress crops up for a small cameo at the tail-end of Spider-Man: Homecoming, proving that, yes, there’s still a future for her whip-smart Pepper Potts.

Case in point: four weeks ago, the actress was joined on set by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., the McU stalwart who plays her husband and the all-around genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist known as Tony Stark. Together, that trio makes up a very small part of the Avengers 4 cast, and over the past fortnight alone, the list of actors marked safe for Infinity War has grown immeasurably.

Assuming Marvel and the Russo Brothers don’t employ flashback sequences, the roster of heroes currently includes Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, and Sebastian Stan’s fan-favorite Bucky Barnes – along with Happy, Potts and Stark,...

Though a PR blunder threatened to spoil the surprise, late last night, Warner Bros. and IGN dropped the high-octane first trailer for Tomb Raider, the latest video game movie adaptation to tumble off Hollywood’s production line.

But whereas previous game-to-screen renditions have strayed off the beaten path, Roar Uthaug’s starry actioner remains fairly loyal to its source material, which in this case is the rebooted Crystal Dynamics video game series that began life in 2013. Held up as a spectacular rebirth for the iconic Lara Croft – replete with cinematic set-pieces and intense survival gameplay – Warner and Uthaug are gunning for a similarly jaw-dropping take on the video game legend, even if last night’s reveal trailer left much to be desired.

A clichéd plot (“the fate of the world rests in your hands!”) coupled with uninspired special effects had some viewers questioning whether this Tomb Raider redo is even necessary,...

Will the fabled Hope Summers factor into Deadpool 2? It’s the piping hot theory currently doing the rounds online, and today, Cbm has compiled a new report that will only fan the flames of speculation.

Citing the sequel’s delightful little teaser trailer that screened before Logan back in March, Cbm seems to have identified a rather cute Easter egg that’s sprayed onto the interior of Wade Wilson’s personal changing room phone booth. It says the word “Hope!” and nothing else, but considering that the defaced frame also reads, “Nathan Summers, coming soon,” ardent fans have theorized that this is much more than just a throwaway reference to Nathan’s foster child.

Held up as the mutant messiah (sorry, Magneto), Hope Summers has a storied history in the X-Men comics. After inheriting the iconic Phoenix Force – expect that mystical ability to feature quite prominently in the upcoming...

Though Zazie Beetz’s Domino has been stealing headlines left, right, and center, another helping of Deadpool 2 set photos have found their way online that swing the spotlight back in the direction of the Merc With a Mouth.

Captured by the eagle eyes of Just Jared, the images below find our foul-mouthed anti-hero dangling from a parachute that appears to be stuck on some form of billboard, so we can only assume that Wade’s latest stunt didn’t go exactly as planned. No further details were disclosed at this time, and given how secretive Fox tends to be when it comes to its pool of blockbusters, that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

If nothing else, it’s further confirmation that Deadpool 2 is right on schedule. These pictures were taken on the streets (or indeed above the streets) of Vancouver, which has been playing host to David Leitch...

As previously reported, Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight will sport not one, but two Batsuits in the upcoming Justice League movie – saving the world from otherworldly threats requires a touch of versatility, after all – and after teasing fans with a glimpse of the tactical Batsuit, director Zack Snyder has shared a new photo of the Caped Crusader from behind. Either that or an obscure pic of the film’s forthcoming merchandise line.

First spotted by Comic Book, the image arrives in tandem with 3D renders of Batman’s iconic cowl and if nothing else, the two promos act as an exciting glimpse at Affleck’s vigilante as we’ll be seeing him in November’s ensemble movie. Embedded below, there’s every chance that the first image is actually a close-up of a Justice League figurine, so it’s difficult to figure out exactly what Zack Snyder is teasing. A...

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Even for such a gargantuan beast, the King Kong of Jordan Vogt-Roberts upcoming reboot has previously been likened to a lonely god – a mighty, 100ft-tall simian that roams the picturesque plains of Skull Island and largely keeps to himself.

But it’s important to remember that although Kong may be lonely, he’s not strictly speaking alone. For in Kong: Skull Island, the sky-scraping ape will share his home with a hoard of other creatures known as Skull Crawlers. That’s simply the name given to the otherworldly abominations by John C. Reilly’s erratic explorer, but thanks to Idle Hands, up above you’ll be able to take a closer look at those ghastly critters courtesy of Skull Island‘s tie-in toy line.

Among them are an impossibly large spider, a mutated Pterodactylus – take a look at its nightmarish beak! – the two-legged Skull Crawler and finally,...

Protect the Bay at all costs. That’s the underlying message found in today’s pair of international trailers for Paramount’s Baywatch movie, but you better believe that Dwayne Johnson’s Mitch Buchannon and the gang are going to have some fun while doing so.

Held up as the elite of the elite, the core Baywatch team is comprised of Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera and Jon Bass, who all band together to combat Priyanka Chopra’s power-mongering oil tycoon – and save a few lives along the way, of course. There’s not an awful lot of new footage when considering the film’s original, raunchy trailer, but between the two promos, you’ll no doubt be able to locate a handful of new shots and gags to sate your appetite.

Among them is a scene of Zac Efron’s heartthrob Matt Brody describing one...

Bringing an end to months of frenzied speculation, developer BioWare has announced that Mass Effect: Andromeda will officially touch down for PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 21, 2017 for those in North America. It’ll then be available worldwide from March 23, according to the studio’s official blog.

Held up as the “most ambitious Mass Effect to date,” Andromeda is the long-anticipated follow-up to Mass Effect 3, one that’s out to tell a self-contained story around the year 2785. That places BioWare’s 2017 sequel a full 600 years ahead of the original trilogy, at a time when the illustrious Commander Shepard and the all-encompassing Reaper war are little more than a footnote in the galaxy’s proverbial history books.

As for today’s announcement, news of Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s release date comes ahead of the game’s showcase at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where we fully expect...

M. Night Shyamalan‘s Tales From the Crypt reboot is not dead. Yesterday it was reported the TNT series was in danger due to budget issues. It’s unclear if that’s a real problem for the series at the moment, but the makers of the show are still busy squaring away some rights issues. According to TNT, the anthology […]

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Bearing the really rather appropriate title ‘Wtf,’ FX has dropped the latest promo for Legion – and yep, things get weird pretty quickly.

As the network’s offshoot series hails from the X-Men universe – but, crucially, won’t be considered part of Fox’s movie canon – that shouldn’t be all that surprising, particularly when you cast your mind back to previous trailer reveals, which have ramped up the craziness in their own right.

Introducing budding viewers to Aubrey Plaza’s (Parks and Recreation) eternal optimist, Lenny, the snippet does offer up some fleeting plot details, including the ways in which Plaza’s recovering drug addict interacts with David, the erratic schizophrenic played by The Guest star Dan Stevens.

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Held up as an “Omega-level mutant” with equal parts fear and admiration, David has spent his troubled years in and out of psychiatric hospitals. Doomed to a miserable life,...

Held up as Geralt of Rivia’s grand finale before its initial release, developer CD Projekt Red is now set to bid adieu to its prized RPG series – for now, at least – with the release of The Witcher 3: Game Of The Year Edition.

Bundling together both the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansion packs – not to mention those 16 pieces of free Dlc that were rolled out soon after launch – this is very much the full package for The Witcher 3 fans. By the same token, those that missed out on what is arguably one of the best gaming releases of 2015 will find plenty of content to chew through when the Game of the Year Edition touches down tomorrow, August 30.

Tomorrow also heralds the arrival of a new patch for The Witcher 3. In what will surely be one of the final round of fixes for CD Projekt Red’s massive RPG,...

History teaches us that the Great Wall of China was constructed to safeguard the empires from the rampaging nomadic groups that hailed from the Eurasian Steppe.

But in Legendary and Universal’s fantasy blockbuster The Great Wall, director Zhang Yimou is poised to upend that common knowledge with an alternate history that features massive armies, monsters, and Matt Damon.

Indeed it’s the casting of Damon – along with Hollywood cohorts Pedro Pascal and Willem Dafoe – that sparked cries of whitewashing soon after the arrival of last week’s reveal trailer, and in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Yimou tackled those claims head on.

In many ways The Great Wall is the opposite of what is being suggested. For the first time, a film deeply rooted in Chinese culture, with one of the largest Chinese casts ever assembled, is being made at tent pole scale for a world audience. I believe...

Operation Treadstone. Blackbriar. David Webb. It’s fair to say that parsing the lore of one Jason Bourne can prove quite difficult, particularly if you haven’t checked in on Matt Damon’s elusive super-spy since Ultimatum in 2007.

Leave it to Damon, then, to get you up to speed on all things Jason Bourne by recapping Universal’s celebrated action franchise in 90 seconds or less. Quietly ignoring the mooted spinoff of Legacy, the series stalwart recounts the events of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum. It’s the CliffNotes version, essentially, and though we wouldn’t consider it an out-an-out alternative to marathoning all three movies, it’s a concise info dump for those who have forgotten some pertinent details in the intervening years.

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Returning to the fray after a brief hiatus from the series is Paul Greengrass, and it’s...

Widely considered to be one of, if not the scariest films ever released, Fox is poised to pump fresh blood into a genre classic with its TV reboot of The Exorcist. And with all eyes in the industry directed at San Diego Comic-Con, the network has now conjured the show’s twisted, bloodcurdling first trailer.

After finding success through Netflix’s Sense8, Alfonso Herrera will be the one confronting pure evil as Father Tomas Ortega. Held up as the “new face of the Catholic Church,” Ortega is considered a progressive, ambitious and compassionate soul, but he’s about to go up a force not from this world. There’s also a nod to the famous scene of Linda Blair’s belligerent young girl included in the trailer above.

Whether or not you condone the practice of lending old properties the serialized treatment, repackaging Hollywood feature films and dragging them onto...

Garry Marshall, the celebrated filmmaker and producer behind such films as Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries, has died aged 81, sources have confirmed.

Marshall passed away Tuesday in Burbank, California following complications from a stroke and later pneumonia.

Known for his knack of firing young up-and-comers to stardom, Marshall was instrumental in putting both Richard Gere and Julia Roberts on the map via Pretty Woman – the latter nabbed an Oscar nomination for Best Actress – while The Princess Diaries ensured Anne Hathaway broke onto the scene as an exciting new talent. Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve and the recent Mother’s Day are examples of the director’s final movies.

His work extended beyond the silver screen, too, penning scripts and overseeing production on both Mork and Mindy and Happy Days. Of course, the latter birthed a fan favorite in Henry Winkler’s the Fonz, and for a brief time during its peak,...

Duncan Jones’ Warcraft: The Beginning and Assassin’s Creed not only stand tall as two of the biggest releases of 2016, but they’re also among the most high-profile video game adaptations in film history, sparking a resurgence in the game-to-movies practice that has already birthed renditions of Splinter Cell and the Alicia Vikander-fronted Tomb Raider.

Beyond that, though, two video game adaptations that continue to simmer on the brink of development can be traced back to developer Naughty Dog. Held up as cinematic masterpieces, over the years there has been mooted talk of both Uncharted and The Last of Us gracing the silver screen, and despite both projects displaying early signs of promise – Mark Wahlberg was attached to the former; Game of Thrones starlet Maisie Williams circled the latter – both films have effectively been placed on ice.

Don’t expect that to change anytime soon, either, after Naughty Dog...

Deadline brings word that Michelle Williams, the decorated actress who shot to fame through roles in Shutter Island, Blue Valentine and My Week with Marilyn, has opened negotiations to join musical biopic The Greatest Showman.

Should a deal fall into place, Williams will join Neighbors 2 star Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman in the feature, and it’s understood the latter has been attached to the P.T Barnum biopic for years at this point.

Held up as the first totally original live-action musical in close to two decades, The Greatest Showman comes bearing a script from award-winning scribe Michael Arndt, working from drafts penned by Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon and Jonathan Tropper. Charting the three-ring act known as Barnum & Bailey Circus, Jackman and Co. will chronicle Barnum’s defining impact on show business in the 19th century. It’ll also welcome the X-Men stalwart back into the genre of musicals,...

Corey Feldman, better known to you, I and the residents of Goon Docks as Mouth, has cast doubt over the possibility of The Goonies 2.

Despite reports claiming that the long-rumored sequel was close to entering production, with Steven Spielberg even claiming he was in possession of a story, Feldman recently told Movie Web that a direct follow-up is unlikely to ever materialize.

Much of that comes down to the age of director Richard Donner. Held up as the creative driving force behind both the 1985 cult classic and the languishing sequel, Feldman admitted that hopes of The Goonies 2 ever kicking into gear have been dwindling away for some time.

Richard Donner is 87 years old. And it’s like, no one really wants to make it without him. He’s the driving force behind it. He says it’s still alive. But as we all know…When you get to that age,...

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Tom Hanks dons the pilot attire in our first look at Sully, Clint Eastwood’s upcoming true-life drama that recounts the heroics of Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, the daring U.S. Airways pilot who staged an emergency landing in the Hudson River seven years ago, saving the lives of all 155 people on board.

Held up as the “Miracle of the Hudson,” these images come to us by way of People (thanks, Entertainment Weekly), showcasing Hanks in the title role alongside Aaron Eckhart’s equally-mustached co-pilot, Jeffrey Skiles.

Remaining in the wheelhouse of real-life dramas following the barnstorming success of American Sniper, Sully represents the first film that Clint Eastwood shot using IMAX cameras, and the fact that the production disassembled an Airbus A320 for transportation to a Warner Bros. lot – where it was dunked in a massive interior pool – typifies the filmmaker’s commitment to realism.

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March 2016 will go down as a defining period for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe. However you feel about Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, the release of Zack Snyder’s tentpole jump-started a slate of superhero movies at the studio, and only a week before the film made its grand debut, it was revealed that Jason Fuchs had been appointed to breathe new life into Warner’s languishing Lobo adaptation.

Held up as the ‘Deadpool effect,’ it was a sure-fire sign that a Lobo movie was back in contention at WB after slipping off the radar in recent months. And though it’s been some time since we last caught wind of the nascent project, Fuchs himself has posted a status update via Instagram confirming that, yes, he’s still toiling away on the screenplay.

Spotlighting the four-part Portrait of a Bastich series, Fuchs’s Lobo fleeting update indicates that...

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It’s no secret that Warner’s marketing pizazz for Suicide Squad has doubled down on Task Force X. Held up as the worst of the worst, David Ayer’s roster of anti-heroes are so each so eccentric – so larger than life – that it’s almost difficult to imagine a villain giving the black ops group a run for their money.

But that’s something Ayer touched upon in an interview with Total Film. When quizzed about the strange foes that crop up in those stylish Suicide Squad trailers, the filmmaker went on to tease the identity of the villain – and no, it’s not Jared Leto’s Clown Prince of Crime.

Mild spoilers to follow…..

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Indeed, it’s a small miracle that the majority of Suicide Squad‘s story has remained under wraps, and though reports have...

Held up as one of the few redeeming qualities of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck’s rendition of the Caped Crusader is now primed to get his own solo movie with The Batman – one which Affleck himself will write, direct and star in.

Penning the script alongside DC Comics scribe Geoff Johns – a “f**king genius,” in Affleck’s eyes – it’s been revealed that Warner’s offshoot will feature a relatively original story.

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At least, that’s according to Ben Affleck himself, who initially dropped the nugget of information doing the press rounds for Dawn of Justice (via CosmicBookNews). There, the writer-director reveals that he plans to lay the narrative groundwork with some of the fundamental tropes associated with the World’s Greatest Detective, before moulding an original story around that framework.

“I think what I would do, what I probably would do,...

Held up as a technical marvel upon release, the one common criticism levelled at Dice’s Star Wars Battlefront was in regard to its absent single-player campaign.

Instead, both the developer and EA doubled down on a number of multiplayer features for the licensed shooter, as it pulled from the beloved original trilogy of Star Wars movies. But as EA’s Patrick Soderlund told investors earlier this week, a decision was made early on in development to forgo a single-player campaign in order to align Battlefront with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which launched into theaters back in December.

First reported by Eurogamer, Soderlund revealed that EA “made [the choice] due to time and being able to launch the game side-by-side with the movie that came out to get the strongest possible impact. I think the team created a really good game based on the premise that we had. I would say...

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Of all the intricate layers to the Clown Prince of Crime as a character, the one that often resonates most with fans is the iconic, blood-curdling Joker cackle. It’s one of the traits that allows each actor that portrays DC’s infamous supervillain to add their own twist to the formula, and next in line to revel in insanity is Jared Leto for this year’s Suicide Squad.

It goes without saying that Leto’s acting has been the topic of heated debate throughout production, but there’s seemingly method to the madness. Here, the Oscar-winner reveals his creative process to CNBC and, in particular, how he settled on perfecting the Joker’s laugh.

In fact, if you live in New York or Toronto and happened to spot the Suicide Squad star, there’s a good chance you could’ve helped speed that process along.

Held up as the largest expansion Bethesda has ever created, today brings forth the first trailer for Far Harbor, the third slice of Fallout 4 Dlc that’s due to dock on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 19.

Priced at $24.99 and included in the RPG’s Season Pass, Far Harbor invites explorers back to Valentine’s Detective Agency, where a mysterious new case sends you off on a quest to the dilapidated Maine coastline. Included in the expansion are new quests, settlements, dungeons and a hoard of irradiated nasties to lock horns with.

No further details were disclosed at this stage, though the synopsis below does outline the apocalyptic adventure that awaits.

In Far Harbor, a new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency leads you on a search for a young woman and a secret colony of synths. Travel off the coast of Maine to the mysterious island of Far Harbor,...

Prince, the legendary singer-songwriter and actor, has passed away at his home in Minnesota. He was 57.

Police responded to a medical emergency at his Paisley Park estate earlier this morning, according to Us media. It’s understood that an investigation is currently underway and at the time of writing, no further details were disclosed.

Born Prince Rogers Nelson in 1958, the musician shot to prominence during the mid-80s, capturing the attention of the music industry with his unique blend of rock, funk, and jazz. All across his glittering career, Prince sold upwards of 100 million records across a remarkable 30 albums, including such classics as “Purple Rain,” “Little Red Corvette,” “1999,” “Raspberry Beret,” “When Doves Cry” and of course, “Kiss.”

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 for his staggering contributions to the industry, concerns of Prince’s health began to emerge a decade later. On April 15, he was rushed...

Ben Affleck may only be contracted to two more appearances as Warner’s Caped Crusader for now (read: Justice League Part One and Part Two), but there’s been a growing sense of momentum behind the actor-director’s potential Batman solo movie in light of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Held up as one of the few redeeming features of Zack Snyder’s superhero ensemble piece, it’s been revealed that Affleck – sorry, Batfleck – has already penned a script for the potential standalone feature, and during a recent interview with Joe.ie, Zack Snyder offered a status report on the project.

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According to the Dawn of Justice director, he’s been hounding Ben Affleck to get a solo Batman movie up and running, though a jam-packed schedule has threatened to push the project far into late 2017 or early 2018, given the actor’s commitment to his next directorial effort,...

Ready to dive into the next life? Developer Ccp Games has rolled out the launch trailer for hotly-anticipated dogfighting simulator Eve: Valkyrie, which can now be picked up on Oculus Rift.

Held up as an early poster child to this new generation of virtual reality, Valkyrie takes place in the sprawling universe of genre-defining Mmo Eve Online – but Dust 514 this is not. In a post outlining the game’s launch plans, Ccp touched base on creating the “best competitive multiplayer game on the Vr platform.”

It’s not just that you can see the world through someone else’s eyes – it’s that you can see other worlds through your own eyes. You are there. In an age where we are always doing multiple things at once this is pure and total immersion. There is nothing else. You are the Valkyrie pilot. All that matters is the guy in front...

Later this year, moviegoers will be cordially invited to StudioCanal’s High-Rise (otherwise known as Ben Wheatley’s twisted tower of terror), and today’s poster and trailer showcase what happens when Tom Hiddleston’s protagonist bids farewell to the real world.

The actor assumes the role of the intellectual Dr. Robert Laing, who seeks residence in the titular sky-scraper. Held up as the solution to the societal ills of 1970s London, the tower block quickly descends into a cesspool of drugs and violence, with Hiddleston’s Laing caught up somewhere in the middle. Where exactly our protagonist finds himself is of the utmost importance, too, considering that the setup bears semblance to Snowpiercer by relegating the lower class to the bottom floors and upper class to the penthouses.

Less utopian haven and more dystopian nightmare, High-Rise has all the makings of a dark psychological thriller, and considering that Wheatley...

From the pulse-pounding Senna to his intimate (and button-pushing) Amy Winehouse documentary, filmmaker Asif Kapadia has developed a knack for transitioning real-life events on the silver screen with aplomb. It’s a talent that hasn’t gone unnoticed, either, and the director’s next project will pave the way for an exciting collaboration with Martin Scorsese.

Getting behind the wheel of Rolls Royce origins drama Silver Ghost, Kapadia’s next foray behind the lens will be brought to life in partnership via Sikelia Productions and Zuma Productions, with Scorsese on board to produce. First hatched back in 2012 by the late, great Richard Attenborough, Scorsese has been attached to the feature film for years, and now that Silver Ghost has landed a director, the wheels will surely creak into motion.

Held up as two mavericks that dared to be different in the hyper-competitive world of car manufacturing, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce,...

When one considers Mark Strong’s career in front of the camera – from RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes to Kick-Ass and Zero Dark Thirty – it becomes readily apparent that the actor has largely played things straight throughout the years, portraying gruff and often gun-toting characters regardless of genre. Sacha Baron Cohen, meanwhile, revels in films that place him in the role of the oafish buffoon, most notably through satirical mockumentaries in the vein of Borat and Bruno.

Held up alongside each other and you have quite the stark contrast between Strong and Cohan. But opposites attract, as the saying goes, and one film playing on the pair’s conflicting acting stereotypes is Sony’s The Brothers Grimsby.

Slated for release in mid-March, today brings forth the first clip for the atypical buddy cop comedy, while a featurette explores the action sequences included in Louis Leterrie’s actioner and how it riffs...

Sandwiched between Fallout 3 and its critically-acclaimed sequel Fallout 4, developer Obsidian Entertainment took the reins of Bethesda’s open-world juggernaut to craft series offshoot Fallout: New Vegas.

Releasing in 2010 to strong sale figures, New Vegas was neither a prequel nor sequel to its immediate predecessor, and instead took many of the gameplay elements from Fallout 2 and spun them out across a standalone entry. Held up as a welcome change of pace, the possibility of Obsidian returning to the franchise has reared its head in the past, and Eric Fenstermaker – writer and designer at the studio – recently fuelled speculation that the developer could work on the IP further down the line.

Answering a fan query via Twitter, here’s what Fenstermaker had to say on the matter:

@Skyook_Rider @Obsidian I’m always up for working on a Fallout. I think most of us generally are. Really fun property to work with.

In 2013, Naughty Dog crafted its magnum opus with The Last of Us – a triumph in storytelling that was duly decorated with scores of awards. Held up as the Citizen Kane of gaming, the studio’s post-apocalyptic masterpiece is undoubtedly one of the greats, and its impact is still resounding around the industry even to this day, particularly in development circles.

At least, that’s according to Final Fantasy Xv Game Director Hajime Tabata, who pointed to the ways in which Naughty Dog rolled out the story for The Last of Us as inspiration for Square’s long-gestating Jrpg.

In an interview with Examiner, Tabata noted that the team at Square is treating gameplay and storytelling as one, thereby allowing them to doll out Xv‘s narrative in a way that feels organic.

“We are really trying to aim for something where the gameplay and storytelling are really one in the same,...

Ryan Phillippe‘s latest TV role is Rated O… for Ooh Rah!

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The Secrets and Lies star has signed on for the lead role in USA Network’s upcoming drama pilot Shooter — based on the 2007 big-screen hit of the same name starring Mark Wahlberg and the Stephen Hunter novel Point of Impact that served as its source material.

According to the network, Phillippe will play Bob Lee Swagger, “an off-the-grid former Marine sniper who is coaxed into action to thwart the killing of the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt,...

In the build-up to release, the thick, chilling fog of speculation has shrouded David Fincher’s Gone Girl in a particular kind of mystery. With accusations of script changes and alternate endings coming to the fore, many have questioned whether the cinematic interpretation of Gillian Flynn’s eponymous novel will do good on the source material.

Soon, though, we’ll have our answer, as the film is due to release in theaters on October 3rd. And, as the marketing campaign comes to a head, the studio has debuted a new international poster that puts Rosamund Pike’s ill-fated Amy Dunner front and center.

In essence, Gone Girl tells the tale of one Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck), who is thrust into a media storm following the abrupt disappearance of his wife. Held up as the prime suspect, our protagonist goes out on a valiant search for his missing partner and to...

Exclusive: Jeff Eastin, creator/executive producer of the USA Network series White Collar and Graceland, has signed with ICM Partners after being at CAA for more than a decade. Eastin has an overall deal at Fox TV Studios, which produces White Collar, set to end its run at some point with a six-episode sixth season. Graceland is now in its second season that premiered this month. Eastin’s credits also include NBC’s short-lived 2004 cop series Hawaii, and writing the 1999 pic Held Up starring Jamie Foxx and the screenplay for the perpetually in-limbo True Lies 2. He continues to be repped by attorney Karl Austin.

So close is the release of Peter Jackson's Hobbit sequel that we can almost smell Smaug's fiery dragon breath.

Much like its predecessor, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug has divided film critics, although most agree that it's an improvement on An Unexpected Journey, which was criticised for its lumbering pace. Digital Spy rounds up a selection of the reviews below...

Emma Dibdin - Digital Spy

"Where last year's An Unexpected Journey steered too structurally close to Fellowship and suffered by comparison, The Desolation of Smaug feels Ringsier in tone while forging entirely its own narrative path, marrying breathless action with shrewd character building."

Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

"Jackson has shown that he is an expert in big-league popular movie-making to rival Lucas and Spielberg. His Smaug, with its fight scenes, chase spectaculars, creepy creatures and secret stone doors opening with a grinding noise, is something to set alongside the Indiana Jones films.

2 Chainz was held at gunpoint in broad daylight in by two thugs, who stole his wallet and fired a shot at him. So scary! HollywoodLife.com has all the Exclusive details of 2 Chainz’s scary encounter.

2 Chainz must be feeling pretty shaken up right about now, because he was assaulted and held at gun point on June 9 in San Francisco by two men. HollywoodLife.com can exclusively reveal that a shot was fired and all of his items were taken. To make matters worse, when the rapper was first approached, his entourage fled “like cockroaches.”

2 Chainz Shot At — Held Up & Robbed In Broad Daylight: Wallet Stolen

2 Chainz — also known as Tauheed Epps – was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on June 9. A San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Exclusively told HollywoodLife.com that police responded to a shots fired call at 4.36pm, and when they arrived at the scene 2 Chainz was alone.

The film’s red-band trailer reveals a tragic — yet totally hilarious — end for the Barbadian beauty.

Not since Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve have so many huge, random names come together for a single film — only this time, it’s actually a comedy! James Franco, Seth Rogen and a cornucopia of other celebrities play themselves in This Is The End, an apocalyptic movie about drugs and survival and more drugs. But let’s talk about our favorite part of the trailer, other than Emma Watson attacking the guys with a shovel: Rihanna‘s hilarious cameo!

RiRi first appears at James’ party, at which point an over-zealous Michael Cera slaps her on the butt.

“Don’t f***ing touch my butt, bitch!” she responds, along with a well-deserved slap.

Rihanna Dies In ‘This Is The End’

Sadly, Rihanna’s time in the film is short-lived. As soon as...

Happy Passover! Celebs all over tweeted about the Jewish holiday! Find out how your favorite celebs are celebrating!

From Barack Obama to Harry Styles, celebs all around the world are preparing their Seder dinners and celebrating in honor of the Jewish holiday! Check out their Passover tweets!

Harry Styles – ”Looking forward to seder night. Always get a bit nervous when I have to sing ma’nish ta’na. But do love a shmorreh matzah. Happy pesach x”

Barack Obama — “Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Passover – President Obama”

Kerry Washington — “Happy Monday! And to those of you celebrating, Happy Passover!”

Victoria Justice — “Happy Passover to all my Jewish peeps!! How’s everyone enjoying their Monday?”

Elizabeth Banks — “#HappyPassover Sephardic Charoset Truffles for #Seder dinner”

Geri Halliwell – “So tonight I’m at my 1st Seder dinner.”

Chelsea Clinton — “#Passover begins at sundown. Looking forward to celebrating with my husband,...

Sports in films have been a cultural celebration, predating Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia also owing its linage to Thomas Edison’s early experiments in motion. Crooked Arrows uses lacrosse as half an entrance into something more interesting: a portrait of an upstate New York tribe. The film falters where other sports movies have: growing too sentimental and a tad cheesy for its own good. Ruthless like Goon, it is not – structurally it suffers from the same good intentions of contemporary Christian based filmmaking.

Joe Logan (Brandon Routh) is a former lacrosse star and half-blood he runs the business affairs of a small reservation casino, seeking to expand at the hands of Mr. Geyer (Tom Kemp), a developer who is, above all things, all about the Benjamin’s. In exchange for transferring additional tribal land to the private corporation, Joe, a tribal liaison that drives an Audi convertible and sharp suites,...

"Facebook: Justin Bieber," www.facebook.com/JustinBieber

Pop sensation Justin Bieber is one of many artists and bands whose Facebook pages are taking advantage of the new Listen button, which gives fans an easy way to listen to music through their favorite playback services -- such as Spotify and Mog -- directly from Facebook pages. After the fan clicks on the button, the music service the person uses most frequently will begin playing the band or artist's most popular songs. As the services are also Timeline apps, the listening activity also posts to the Facebook Timeline as it happens.

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The digital network, a property of Sony Pictures Entertainment, offers films and TV shows from the Sony library, along with original programming, from a base in Culver City, Calif. The 33rd Annual Telly Awards -- honoring film and video productions; Web ads, videos and films; and local,...

Upcoming three part anthology project The Doomsday Book - from Korean director Yim Pil-sung and Kim Jee-woon - has released a new thirty second teaser for the project, showing off clips from all three stories.Two acclaimed Korean directors unfurl three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era. In a hope to restore the humane compassion in the insusceptible modern age, the film displays an alternative form of genuine humanity. And thus you are stepping into the world of future, where a series of unexpected stories awaits you. All these stories originate from the earth. From the very earth you live on.Held up for years when the original production company's funds ran dry, the visuals remain impressive. Check out the new teaser...